Chapter 125: The Hunt Begins

“Th-this is it? You’ve already taken him down?”

Zhao Junhong’s jaw nearly dropped.

I thought you were saving some ultimate move. Who would have guessed it was still marksmanship?

If you had this kind of skill, what were you hesitating about just now?

Why not kill him outright?

“Didn’t you see me waving my arms and dancing around?”

“Get up. It’s time for us to start hunting!”

“Not us. You!” Zhao Junhong curled his lip. “I feel like I’m not helping at all!”

“No, you can help!”

Fang Qingyun smiled faintly and casually tossed Zhao Junhong a bag of bullets. “These are blank rounds. Charge them for me!”

Zhao Junhong stared blankly. Had he become a charging station again?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

This time, Fang Qingyun did not run about randomly. He stayed in one place and began firing continuously.

At that moment, Fang Qingyun’s effective range had reached over a thousand meters.

He could kill enemies more than a thousand meters away with ease.

Moreover, with Zhao Junhong supplying him with energy, he could save a great deal of time.

One demon after another was shot dead.

All of them were more than five hundred meters away. Even if someone realized that a sniper was targeting them, they would never imagine that the sniper was more than a thousand meters away.

After firing more than a dozen rounds in succession, Fang Qingyun had wiped out all the high-tier demons in that section of the battlefield.

Generals were rare, after all.

Most demons were merely ordinary soldiers, and even martial warriors were uncommon.

After picking off targets for a while, Fang Qingyun had no choice but to focus on demons above the fourth tier.

The reason he had been able to kill so many high-tier demons and generals in that previous area was simply an accident.

In most regions, even a single martial warrior was hard to find.

As for the defensive battle at Northwestern Military Academy, there had probably been so many powerful demons because Fang Qingyun’s position had been part of the main assault front.

At that moment, the fact that martial warriors were nobles among commoners became obvious.

The same was true among the three great races. The demon race was powerful precisely because its proportion of martial warriors was so high.

After firing for a while, once every fourth-tier martial warrior or above within a thousand meters had been killed, Fang Qingyun grabbed Zhao Junhong and moved to another location.

Before long, the demons sensed that something was wrong.

The martial warriors in their legions were disappearing at an alarming rate.

The generals were especially vulnerable. The moment one of them revealed himself, he was killed instantly.

As a result, the powerful figures among the demons no longer dared to show themselves.

There was a sniper!

Once several demon commanders realized this, they immediately dispatched the snipers in their legions, ordering them to deal with the human sniper as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, those snipers vanished soon after leaving their positions.

They disappeared as completely as stones dropped into the sea.

“Damn it!”

Someone’s expression changed drastically. He sent several generals to deal with the sniper, but they too disappeared not long after setting out.

“A top-class sniper!”

A demon commander roared, “Where’s Liua? Send him to kill that sniper!”

“Lord Liua has already died in battle!”

“What?”

…

As Fang Qingyun continued slaughtering the demon experts, he too sensed that something was wrong.

There were fewer and fewer demons above the middle tier.

Sometimes, when he entered a region, there would not be a single demon martial warrior there. Only groups of ordinary demons and humans were fighting one another.

Only then did Fang Qingyun realize that martial warriors truly were scarce.

“There are only this many left on the outskirts!” Zhao Junhong gave a savage grin. “Old Fang, it looks like if we want to gain anything, we’ll have to go deeper into the battlefield.”

“That’s the only choice we have.” Fang Qingyun sighed.

He had originally intended to roam around the outskirts.

Who could have known that there would be so few demons there?

From the beginning of the battle until now, he had killed only a dozen or so generals and two demon martial warriors.

That number was pitifully small compared with the nearly two million soldiers on both sides.

At that moment, Fang Qingyun decided what he would do next.

Cultivate a concealment technique!

Then use origin points to raise it to an unimaginable level. That way, he could stroll openly into the battlefield and snipe anyone he pleased.

“Take these.”

Fang Qingyun casually tossed Zhao Junhong several potions.

When Zhao Junhong saw their names, his eyes widened. “This is…”

“Good stuff I picked up from the academy’s supply depot!” Fang Qingyun chuckled.

Zhao Junhong immediately began cursing. “Are you even human? You steal from the academy, and you didn’t even call me when you did it? You deserve to be struck by five thunderbolts!”

“All right.” Fang Qingyun looked speechless. “I didn’t call you because I already took your share.”

“That’s more like it!” Zhao Junhong muttered. “But I have hands. Did you really need to take it for me? Anyway, keep an eye on me later. Don’t let me die.”

“Relax!”

Fang Qingyun gave him a thumbs-up.

Zhao Junhong took a deep breath and activated his berserk state once more.

At the same time, he injected himself with one of the potions.

Instantly, the bottleneck that had troubled him for so long vanished.

He had truly attained the strength of a high-tier general!

“This feels incredible!”

Excitement flashed in Zhao Junhong’s eyes. Gripping his bloodstained saber, he charged into the crowd.

“Human general Zhao Junhong has arrived! Demons, prepare to die!”

Zhao Junhong roared as his saber unleashed a storm of attacks.

Before one demon could even react, Zhao Junhong cleaved him in half.

“Kill!”

Seeing this, the surrounding demons realized that a human powerhouse had arrived and swarmed toward him.

“Die!”

Zhao Junhong shouted. His body spun, and a blade arc burst from his saber. In an instant, all the demons were cut in half at the waist.

“All of you, get out of the way! Let me handle this!”

Zhao Junhong shouted at the nearby humans.

The human soldiers exchanged glances and slowly retreated.

On a battlefield, one could not easily trust others. If you died, that was one thing; you might also affect the outcome of the entire battle.

Zhao Junhong was human, but because they were unfamiliar with him, the soldiers remained wary.

Still, wandering human experts occasionally intervened in battles without warning.

In situations like this, it was enough to avoid them.

After fighting together for a while, the two sides would naturally join forces.

“Hahaha! Kill!”

Zhao Junhong roared and charged at the demons again.

Seeing this, the other humans followed behind him and began advancing.

The human in charge of this section was merely an ordinary martial warrior. He could not have been happier to see a general willing to join the battle.

He immediately mobilized the surrounding human forces and pushed forward step by step.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

After entering his berserk state, Zhao Junhong’s strength reached the high-tier general level, and his endurance had clearly improved as well.

Furthermore, after injecting the potion, his spiritual energy became more active and recovered more quickly.

All his physical attributes had been enhanced to some degree.

On the outskirts, a high-tier general could truly dominate everything.

With Zhao Junhong unleashing attack after attack, they advanced more than a hundred meters in a short time.

Throughout the process, Fang Qingyun merely watched coldly without taking action.

He was waiting for the big fish.

Some ordinary martial warriors were no stronger than the ninth tier. They were not worth his effort.

He wanted at least a demon general.

Before long, his target appeared.

A demon general spotted Zhao Junhong, grinned, and charged over in great strides.

Fang Qingyun’s brows twitched.

An ordinary general actually dared to attack Zhao Junhong, a high-tier general?

Was he insane, or had he simply lost himself in the slaughter?

Fang Qingyun’s immense spiritual power allowed him to remain calm.

After silently calculating for a while, he determined how long Zhao Junhong could maintain his berserk state.

Once again, he chose not to act.

Since things had already reached this point, he might as well wait a little longer.

“Kill!”

Bang!

Bang!

Zhao Junhong and the demon general clashed in the next instant.

As expected, Zhao Junhong seized the advantage in the duel. After entering his berserk state, not only had his level increased, but his will to fight had clearly grown stronger as well.

In just three strikes, the demon general was hacked into several pieces.

Fang Qingyun’s brows leaped at the sight.

So strong!

In battle, Zhao Junhong in his berserk state was practically a savage beast.

Putting him on the battlefield was more effective than deploying two high-tier generals.

The human commander responsible for this region stared at Zhao Junhong with shining eyes.

This man was practically born for the battlefield!

“Bastard!”

A furious roar rang out.

It’s here!

Fang Qingyun instantly became excited.

From that roar alone, he could tell that the newcomer was at least a peak-tier general.

A tall, massive demon shot toward Zhao Junhong like lightning.

“This is bad!”

The human commander was shocked. He hurriedly shouted, “Human martial warrior, retreat! That is a demon powerhouse—a titled demon!”

Only those who accumulated enough military merit could receive a noble title.

Fang Qingyun had first captured a supply station and later completed the defense of Northwestern Military Academy.

He had killed enough demons in between, hadn’t he?

Yet he still had not met the requirements to advance into the nobility.

He would need to double that achievement, or expand the frontier. Those were the fastest paths to becoming a noble.

That was why demons who possessed titles were generally extraordinarily powerful.

Of course, humans were an exception.

Humans had hereditary nobility.

The first generation of nobles was naturally formidable, but the second and third generations…

They were not necessarily so.

“Heh.” Zhao Junhong gave a feral grin.

What was there to fear?

He knew that Fang Qingyun had been waiting impatiently for a big fish like this.

“Damn it!”

Seeing this, the human commander cursed under his breath. Then, without hesitation, he raised his weapon and charged forward.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The other humans roared and followed him into battle.

“You…”

Zhao Junhong froze.

“Stop talking!” the human commander bellowed. “You’ve been fighting for us all this time, and several hundred demons have already died by your hand. Now that a titled demon has appeared, how could we let you face him alone?”

Zhao Junhong was human. After killing a demon general and several hundred other demons, he had won the recognition of the human soldiers. They were willing to fight beside him.

“Haha, good!”

Zhao Junhong laughed heartily. Looking at the human soldiers surrounding him, he suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit.

This feeling…

Was wonderful!

“Kill!”

Zhao Junhong roared and charged forward.

At the instant the two sides were about to clash, Fang Qingyun made his move.

Bang!

A bullet tore through the sky and struck the demon powerhouse in an instant, as though it had teleported.

“Urgh!”

The demon’s body stiffened.

“Slash!”

Zhao Junhong shouted and severed the demon’s head with a single stroke.

The demon was dead!

An uproar erupted.

Both the human and demon soldiers nearby were stunned.

Zhao Junhong was that powerful?

A peak-tier general had been killed with one stroke?

The human commander, however, seemed to have noticed something, though he could not be certain.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

Zhao Junhong roared wildly. He raised his saber and let out a long howl toward the sky.

“Follow me! Kill!”

“Kill!”

The blood of the human soldiers was stirred, and they followed Zhao Junhong as they swept forward.

“What an idiot!”

Fang Qingyun was both amused and exasperated.

He had asked Zhao Junhong to act as bait and help him lure out prey. How had the man become so caught up in the slaughter?

“Alas!”

Fang Qingyun sighed helplessly and fired again.

One bullet after another flew stealthily across the battlefield, accurately finding and killing demon commanders.

The demons, deprived of their commanders, began to descend into chaos.

Although they still fought bravely and showed no regard for their lives, their lack of leadership made them easy prey. Human officers quickly directed their soldiers to scatter and slaughter them.

The humans soon gained the upper hand in that region.

After confirming that the demons within several thousand meters had fallen into disorder, Fang Qingyun glanced at Zhao Junhong.

“You stay here and kill. I’m going somewhere else!”

He had several high-tier bullets in his possession. Using them on ordinary generals would be a waste.

He was going to search for the peak powerhouses among the demons.

At the very least, peak-tier generals!

With a flash, Fang Qingyun slipped into the battlefield like water flowing into the sea. Carefully avoiding the fighting crowds, he began advancing toward the central region.

“Kill them! Quickly!”

A demon commander was issuing orders when a bullet suddenly flew over and pierced his head.

Bang!

The demon’s body swayed once before collapsing to the ground.

“One!”

“Hahahaha! Die!”

A demon was laughing arrogantly. He was enormous, more than ten meters tall, and wielded a huge iron staff. Every swing killed several human soldiers.

Bang! Bang!

Two bullets flew over.

“Urgh—aaahhh!”

The demon began screaming frantically.

His eyes had been blown apart.

In the next instant, he felt something thrown into his mouth.

His mouth?

The demon’s body stiffened violently. Then, countless flames erupted from within him.

“Second!”

Vroom!

A massive spirit-energy battle tank was rampaging across the battlefield.

Such battle tanks required an extraordinarily powerful reserve of spiritual energy, but once activated, almost no one below the general level could stop them.

Bang!

A bullet flew past.

Inside the tank, the petite demon was astonished to discover that the vehicle had lost all power.

“Wh-why?”

The demon frantically tried to restart the tank.

It remained completely motionless.

“No! No!”

The demon could only watch helplessly as the human soldiers approached with ill intent and began throwing bombs onto the tank.

“No!”

Rumble!

Endless flames engulfed the battle tank.

“Third!”

Dressed as an ordinary soldier, Fang Qingyun moved with astonishing speed and never became entangled with anyone.

Whenever he was discovered, he quickly disengaged.

He targeted only commanders and powerhouses above the general level, as well as demons operating special machinery.

From time to time, he also dealt with demon snipers.

His speed was incredibly fast. Using himself as the center, he radiated outward across the surrounding area.

Before long, a vast region had been affected by Fang Qingyun, and the tide of battle began shifting toward the human side.

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